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Goa
News Clips
by
Joel D'Souza & Fred Noronha
Exhibition of Paintings: Kala Academy chairman
Pratapsingh Rane will inaugurate "Goan Professional Artists", an exhibition
of paintings, at the Kala Academy art gallery, Panaji, at 4 pm on March 3. The
exhibition will be on view till 9 March from 10 am to 7 pm.
Mattressed Floored: The Tamil Nadu police
are claimed to have busted a Rs 270 million magnetic mattress scam following
the arrest of 84 people, many of them white-collar professionals. The central
crime branch police has contacted its Mumbai counterparts for investigating
a Mumbai- based company Japan Life India, which allegedly lured about 3,000
persons by offering them hefty commissions for recruiting members into their
money-mattress chain.... Rs 100,000 was collected from each person, in return
for a mattress worth Rs 15,000.... Similar mattresses are known to be sold from
an outlet in Porvorim. Are the Goa Police investigating this outlet and its
activities? Y KAMAT, Porvorim in MAPUSAPLUS
Hundreds
flock to see 'Bleeding' Picture:
Reports that a picture of Sacred Heart of Jesus was bleeding in a house at Camorlim
(Ambora) caused a stir in the village and adjoining localities. People flocked
to the church of Our Lady of Candelaria where the picture was shifted at the
instance of the parish priest. It was 14-year-old Steffy Fernandes who claimed
to have seen the dripping of blood from the picture on Wednesday (Feb 26) at
11 pm while she was studying for her SSC exams at her aunt's house. "The
holy picture was kept in an open cupboard as its glass had broken and I always
kept looking at it," she said. She felt a strange sensation and saw 'tears
of blood' from the eyes of Jesus. She called her aunt, Maria Joaquina Mascarenhas,
who also confirmed what she saw. (GT)
"There
is a Crisis of Moral Leadership in Country" - says Attorney - General of
India:
Attorney-General of India Soli Sorabjee today regretted that "there is
a crisis of moral leadership" in the country and "our political system
and public life have more hypocrites, wheeler dealers, schemers and cowards
than at any time in our history".
Read full article: http://www.goacom.com/news/news2003/mar/msg00017.html
Dolphins
facing major threat off Goa: Dolphin
sightings along the Northern belt of Goa's coastline which had come alive as
a tourist attraction now seems to be a matter of concern with dolphin deaths
reportedly increasing.
Villagers
of the Nerul and Candolim coastal belt fear that activities such as adventure-related
dolphin trips, boating activities and fishing on an unprecedented level could
be affecting the dolphin habitat along this coastline.
The causes
of concern are noise and water pollution caused by dolphin boat trips, boating
activities, fishing on an unprecedented level, high powered speed boats used
for adventure trips and dolphins trapped in fishing nets, thereby causing injuries
to these mammals resulting in deaths.
More shocking,
however, is the fact that though the dolphin is a protected species, there seems
to be no regulatory mechanism evolved to protect the dolphins. The fisheries
department has made mention of a dolphinarium which is only a long term proposal.
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